African beer in the DC area

December 20, 2004 4:01 PM

African beer - does anyone know a liquor store that sells it in the DC area? In particular I'm looking for Guinean (Guinea-Conakry) beer, but would settle for Senegalese, or Ghanian beer.
posted by Amizu to Food & Drink (8 answers total)

You might start with these, and these people might be able to help you out.
posted by modofo at 4:13 PM on December 20, 2004

I think the people to ask would be the Brickskeller crew. They sell roughly 1000 beers and if there's a local source for African beer, they'd know it, or they'd have the beer themselves.
posted by jessamyn at 4:47 PM on December 20, 2004

I would say find an African restaurant in DC, there are a bunch of them... Brikskeller does have the biggest beer menu-- but as far as actually having it on hand, try ordering the really obscure items and you'll see that they don't have as large a stock as they claim.
posted by chaz at 4:53 PM on December 20, 2004

the Ghana Cafe on 18th St. (near Columbia) sells Star and Club, and probably one or two other beers from West Africa, but I have no idea where to get a good Guiluxe.
posted by palegirl at 8:56 PM on December 20, 2004

I'd try Total Wine & More, if you are looking for retail. I don't know if there are any in DC proper, but there are stores in McLean, Alexandria, and Potomac.
posted by immer geradeaus at 9:20 PM on December 20, 2004

Well, sorry for the bad advice. Apparently Total Wine and more, formerly Total Beverage, doesn't sell beer anymore. My fault, as I live in Oregon now and had no clue..
posted by immer geradeaus at 9:37 PM on December 20, 2004

Total Wine does sell beer. And cider.
posted by NortonDC at 1:30 AM on December 21, 2004

There's a liquor store on the corner of Corcoran and 17th (I think -- by the Dupont Safeway, I moved a while ago and memory fails...) The one on the same side of 17th as the Safeway has a surprisingly large selection of foreign beer. Can't vouch for their African selection, but there are a lot of African restaurants in that general part of town, so it might be worth a shot.
posted by occhiblu at 10:20 AM on December 21, 2004